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Full Time/37 hrs a week

2 year fixed term contract

Location: Cambridgeshire

Salary: Competitive

Anglian Water offers a flexible approach to working location. This role provides the opportunity for hybrid working, with an average of 2-3 days a week in the office as required.

Make every drop of your potential count. Join our team!

Are you looking to join a proactive, leading and forward-thinking organisation? We’re one of the leading providers of water and water recycling services in the UK and our organisation is an industry benchmark for quality and customer service.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our highly valued inhouse Legal Team as an Assistant Litigation Solicitor.

As a business, we strive to “make today great” for our staff and our 6m customers, putting water at the heart of everything we do. As such, you would be joining a 20 strong Legal team whose working philosophy is “your problem, our problem, no problem” and where we are constantly striving for high performance. If this resonates with you, you can look forward to joining a business with an open and collaborative culture, without the weight of time recording or billing, and enjoy focussing on delivering the best possible business outcome.

What you’ll be doing:
As our Assistant Litigation Solicitor, you will hold overall responsibility for contentious matters within the company working alongside other litigators in the team. Your excellent communication skills will be key in advising and representing our business and its group companies focusing on pursing and defending civil litigation claims primarily relating commercial claims, debt recovery, engineering and construction disputes, property claims and possibly some employment disputes. –

It would also be advantageous if you had some experience of criminal litigation to assist with prosecutions in in the Magistrates' and Crown Court in respect to any prosecutions by Environment Agency and others and pursuing claims for variety of offences such as illegal trade effluent discharges, illegal use of assets, etc., and defending claims against the company for noise/smell nuisance

Alongside this, you will play a vital role in negotiating with third parties on settlements of disputes generally and advising on settlement terms, as well as advising on disputes with contractors.

This position is a key role for our business and therefore you will need to be highly skilled at managing customer relationships with internal Senior Managers and Directors

As a valued employee you’ll be entitled to:

• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
• Personal private health care
• Annual bonus scheme
• 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion
• Life Cover at 8x your salary
• Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

What does it take to be successful?

• UK Qualified Solicitor, with at least 5 years post-qualification experience in high profile dispute resolution, either in private practice or in industry although all candidates who can demonstrate relevant experience are encouraged to apply
• Relevant experience in advocacy as well as drafting pleadings and negotiating settlements; with active use of ADR as method of dispute resolution
• Desirable criminal practice (prosecution/defence) experience
• Be able to work autonomously, but also an excellent team player who is highly personable and is someone who can forge strong relationships with people at all business levels including directors, and external stakeholders- Strong analytical skills and ability to absorb complex information quickly
• Ability to find innovative solutions to problems for the business and provide great customer service
• Provide a practical and flexible approach to business challenges
• Strong team player with flexible approach
• IT literate and confident in using MS Word, Excel, Outlook and SharePoint
• Full Driving License and access to vehicle

Inclusion at Anglian Water:
Join us and make a difference. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and we think our workplace should reflect that. We are committed to making sure all our colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. Together with our fellow water companies, we are committed to the Social Mobility Pledge; we are also a signatory to Business in the Community’s Race at Work charter; we hold the Armed Forces Gold Covenant for Employers; we are an accredited Disability Confident employer, and we play a leading part in the Women’s Utility Network.

Closing date: 11/7/2023

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